Go Back To 1980 and Enjoy It Chapter 37

Chapter 37 Thank you for the matchmaking gift

As soon as Deng Shirong returned home, someone gave him a gift to thank the matchmaker.

In this era, the gifts to thank the matchmaker are very particular. The first is a red envelope to thank the matchmaker, which usually costs ten to thirty yuan.

Then a pig butt. For families with limited financial resources or stingy families, the pig **** only weighs about four to five kilograms. For families with good and generous families, a pig **** weighs more than ten kilograms.

 A pork **** must be paired with a piece of pork. The size of the piece of pork is random, usually about one or two pounds.

 Then there is the indispensable five-flavored one and the pork one.

 A piece of pork belly is made from a whole fan of pork belly. There are also large and small ones. The big pork belly weighs more than ten or twenty kilograms, while the small pork belly only weighs a few kilograms.

 Then there are tobacco, alcohol and candies, which are also essential items.

　　“That's all about the month.”

Sitting opposite Chen Dacong is his wife Li Ying.

 Five-dollar red envelopes, a piece of pork, about half of candy biscuits, rice, sesame seeds, peanuts and various beans were also touched. This was Deng Shirong's return gift to the other party.

In addition, there are rice, sesame seeds, peanuts, various beans, etc. These miscellaneous things also need to be matched.

“Yun Heng, why are you here?” Chen Dacong came up and asked.

“Second uncle, second aunt.” Deng Yunheng got off the bicycle and greeted him with sweat profusely.

 Chen Dacong said: "No problem."

“Second aunt, I have eaten.”

Seeing so many gifts to thank the matchmaker, Deng Shirong smiled so much that his eyes almost narrowed into slits, because after receiving ten times the reward from the "Matchmaker Reward System", he had gained weight this time.

Deng Yunheng asked expectantly: "Dad, what do you plan to build the new house like? Can we have our own room?"

In marriages in this era, although the woman is not as particular about things like a house and a car as later generations, if the person gets married and does not even have a place to live, then the marriage will most likely not be successful.

In Xiaojiang Village of Zhouwang Brigade, Chen Dacong sat at the door of his house, holding a hookah and smoking.

In this era, the shoes worn by rural people are basically made by themselves, and most people are not willing to spend money to buy shoes from supply and marketing cooperatives.

Li Ying also put down the soles of her shoes, stood up and asked, "Yunheng, have you had lunch? There is white porridge and sweet potatoes at home."

Deng Yunheng smiled and said: "Second uncle, second aunt, my family didn't kill any pigs. This is a matchmaker gift given to my dad."

Deng Yunheng then took a cardboard box and put the pork and pork belly in it, then tied the cardboard box to the back of his bicycle with a hemp rope, and rode his bicycle towards his uncle's house.

 Chen Dacong took the pork and said in surprise: "When did your dad help others to be a matchmaker?"

Deng Yunqiang, his nephew, is quite generous with his gifts. The matchmaker gift given to Deng Shirong included a red envelope of 30 yuan, about ten kilograms of pork buttocks, fifteen kilograms of pork belly, two kilograms of pork and five flavors, two packs of cigarettes, and wine. Two bottles, two pounds of candy cakes, two pounds each of rice, sesame seeds, peanuts, black beans, soybeans, red beans, and mung beans.

As he spoke, Deng Yunheng briefly introduced his father's matchmaking experience to his second uncle and second aunt, and then said: "My dad said that our family is expected to build a new house this month. By then, second uncle and second aunt, if you Come and help with the work when you have time.”

Deng Yunheng and other brothers and sisters could not help but nod when they heard this.

 Chen Dacong smoked a few pipes of cigarettes, then leaned the pipe against the wall. He looked up and saw Deng Yunheng, his nephew, riding a bicycle in a hurry towards their house.

Deng Shirong said with a smile on his face: "You seven brothers and sisters will all have your own rooms in the new house. As for how it will be built, you will know when the house is built. It's getting late now. Hurry up and give me the pork and pork." Two uncles and three aunts sent it."

Deng Shirong picked up the bamboo stick and cut the three portions of pork **** meat and three portions of pork belly into three parts, and said to his second son Deng Yunheng: "Yunheng, this is for your two uncles and your third aunt. You can ride now." Bring it to them and tell them that our family is going to dig the foundation to build a new house this month and ask them to come and help if they have time."

Deng Yunheng replied to his second uncle first, then untied the cardboard box tied to the back seat, took out a bunch of meat from it, handed it to his second uncle with a smile, and said, "Second uncle, this is for you."

Seeing the pork and pork belly handed over by his nephew, which weighed at least five or six kilograms by visual inspection, Chen Dacong widened his eyes and asked: "Yunheng, where did your family get so much pork and pork belly? I remember that your family only raises pigs. After a few months, it won't be suitable to kill and eat until at least the end of the year.”

Deng Shirong kept the pork butt, pork belly and the five-flavor strip, and asked his eldest daughter to put away the other things. Then he cut the pork **** with a kitchen knife. Except for the pork bone, the rest of the meat was cut into three parts. , each portion is about two and a half pounds.

 So when Deng Shirong said this, all the children felt that it was time to build a new house at home.

Chen Dacong nodded and said: "It is indeed time for your family to build a new house. After all, your eldest brother has reached the age of marrying a wife. I will plant rice seedlings in a few days. I will have more free time after planting rice seedlings. I will give it to you then." Home help.”

After the day has started, my whole spirit and spirit are different.

 Because there were still a few days before transplanting the rice seedlings, Li Ying, who had nothing to do, sat at the door of her house to collect her shoes.

  …     Two: thirty in the afternoon.

 In this era of scarcity, it is still very shocking to receive so much meat at once.

Now the first batch of fields of their production team has been allocated to each household, with an average of 1.6 acres per person. Chen Dacong and his wife, plus their four children, have been allocated a total of 9.6 acres of land. With so much land for their family to cultivate, as long as there is no natural disaster It's a man-made disaster, so eating every day after a good harvest should be no problem.

The other brothers and sisters also looked at their father with wide eyes, obviously shocked by the sudden news.

 After the system rewards arrived, Deng Shirong began to give gifts in return.

Deng Shirong said with a smile: "Our house is barely enough to live in now, and your eldest brother is already 20 years old this year, and it's time to marry a wife. If we don't build a new house, even if we marry our sisters-in-law, Where will you live? So, I plan to build a house this year, and after the house is completed, I will find a satisfactory partner for your elder brother next year. "

Li Ying was also shocked when he saw this. In this era, except for the New Year and festivals, he rarely eats meat at other times. Even if he occasionally buys meat for toothpaste, it is only a matter of a pound or a few taels. Not many people are willing to buy a few pounds at a time. Come back and eat the meat.

Deng Yunheng grunted and said, "Okay, that's what my dad said. I don't know the exact day when the house construction will begin. I'll come over and let you know when it starts."

Deng Yunheng was shocked and said: "Dad, our family is going to build a new house this month?"

After the visitor returned with the return gift, except for Deng Yuntai, who worked in the tile factory, the other children gathered around with expressions of wonder.

 Then, cut the pork belly into four parts, one of which weighs five to six kilograms, and the remaining three parts weigh about three kilograms.

Deng Yunheng said: "I want to send pork to my third uncle and my third aunt, so I'll leave first!"

Li Ying said quickly: "Yunheng, wait a minute. Your dad likes to drink some wine. I will bring you some peanuts to take back."

 (End of this chapter)

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